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five
[ fahyv ]
noun
- a cardinal number, four plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with five pips.
- Informal. a five-dollar bill:
Can you give me two fives for a ten?
adjective
- amounting to five in number.
five
/ ´Ú²¹Éª±¹ /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number
- the amount or quantity that is one greater than four
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it
determiner
- amounting to five
five nights
five minutes
- ( as pronoun ) penta-quinque-
choose any five you like
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of five1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of five1
Idioms and Phrases
- take five, Informal. to take a brief respite.
More idioms and phrases containing five
see take five .Example Sentences
The Clippers are seventh in the West with five games left in the regular season, three against teams jockeying to secure a playoff berth at sixth or higher.
They finally overcame the Sweet 16 hurdle that tripped them up five times under Close.
In the fifth, Birmingham scored three runs to support Allen Olmos, who struck out five and walked none in a complete game.
When she was five, her gran took her to live in Stranraer in south-west Scotland, about two hours' drive from her home in Glasgow.
“Since becoming Sheriff, violent crime has fallen every year in the areas patrolled by LASD, and 2024 saw the fewest number of homicides in the past five years,†he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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